Buster

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Buster is the given name of the following people: Buster, American adult film actor and model Buster Drayton, American boxer Buster Glosson, retired U.S.

From Wikipedia

Buster first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 246 babies (rank #379 that year). In 2024 it was given to 13 boys (rank #6,499). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Buster

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Buster yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

8,166

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

246

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Buster

Buster Douglasboxer · b. 1960

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	8	#688
1881	5	#884
1882	9	#661
1883	7	#733
1884	11	#577
1885	14	#502
1886	17	#433
1887	10	#593
1888	7	#830
1889	15	#483
1890	8	#753
1891	13	#499
1892	9	#763
1893	13	#543
1894	15	#523
1895	16	#505
1896	21	#425
1897	19	#443
1898	11	#670
1899	16	#484
1900	25	#456
1901	18	#456
1902	29	#369
1903	23	#414
1904	40	#312
1905	52	#274
1906	60	#256
1907	64	#264
1908	71	#250
1909	85	#238
1910	98	#240
1911	110	#242
1912	140	#310
1913	155	#328
1914	186	#342
1915	214	#367
1916	219	#370
1917	206	#391
1918	246	#379
1919	219	#396
1920	207	#409
1921	233	#398
1922	184	#454
1923	194	#436
1924	201	#433
1925	191	#430
1926	148	#494
1927	181	#454
1928	148	#497
1929	135	#507
1930	142	#501
1931	114	#548
1932	138	#489
1933	116	#528
1934	114	#552
1935	105	#563
1936	105	#562
1937	116	#539
1938	75	#701
1939	78	#672
1940	95	#610
1941	66	#763
1942	93	#667
1943	85	#697
1944	75	#718
1945	81	#668
1946	83	#716
1947	78	#778
1948	82	#744
1949	74	#799
1950	95	#704
1951	91	#728
1952	71	#832
1953	79	#808
1954	60	#953
1955	63	#943
1956	65	#925
1957	72	#890
1958	55	#1,028
1959	43	#1,182
1960	55	#1,034
1961	39	#1,265
1962	46	#1,138
1963	31	#1,404
1964	34	#1,353
1965	42	#1,165
1966	37	#1,238
1967	19	#1,815
1968	21	#1,739
1969	31	#1,443
1970	20	#1,999
1971	27	#1,712
1972	28	#1,653
1973	20	#2,050
1974	21	#2,059
1975	22	#2,072
1976	27	#1,835
1977	31	#1,711
1978	26	#1,924
1979	35	#1,637
1980	23	#2,223
1981	22	#2,278
1982	19	#2,522
1983	21	#2,345
1984	22	#2,303
1985	17	#2,846
1986	15	#3,150
1987	12	#3,752
1988	16	#3,226
1989	12	#4,302
1990	18	#3,327
1991	16	#3,661
1992	17	#3,624
1993	15	#4,042
1994	12	#4,831
1995	19	#3,443
1996	13	#4,642
1997	10	#5,705
1998	11	#5,517
1999	10	#6,098
2000	8	#7,538
2001	14	#5,167
2002	9	#7,121
2003	6	#9,746
2004	10	#7,043
2005	14	#5,610
2006	6	#10,857
2007	13	#6,319
2008	11	#7,271
2009	8	#9,102
2010	11	#7,147
2011	14	#5,990
2012	11	#7,140
2013	12	#6,660
2014	18	#5,092
2015	17	#5,331
2016	13	#6,416
2017	13	#6,376
2018	10	#7,708
2019	12	#6,841
2020	11	#7,107
2021	7	#9,878
2022	21	#4,730
2023	12	#6,953
2024	13	#6,499